Eighth Air Force. 390 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers drop food supplies at Schiphol
and Alkmnar airfields, and near Vogelenzang, Hilversum, and
Utrecht.
Ninth Air Force. 132 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
A-26 Invader light bombers on final 9th Bomber Division raid
bomb Stod ammunition plant. IX Tactical Air Command escorts
9th Bomber Division and C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft and
flies Air Force cover. XIX Tactical Air Command patrols United
States Third Army front, flies armed reconnaissance over Germany,
Austria, and Czechoslovakia in front line areas and around
Kiel and Lubeck, and escorts 9th Bomber Division. XXIX Tactical
Air Command escorts C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft, flies
sweeps, and hits shipping in Kiel, Lubeck area.
Twelfth Air Force. To assure that the enemy implements surrender
terms and to observe road activity, fighters fly reconnaissance
missions over North Italy and South West Austria. Medium bombers
drop leaflets in several areas where enemy troops might be
unaware of the surrender.
Fifteenth Air Force. Bad weather again restricts operations
to reconnaissance and reconnaissance escort missions by 20
P-38 Lightning fighters and escort of Mediterranean Allied
Tactical Air Force (MATAF) B-25 Mitchell medium bombers leaflet
dropping mission in North Italy.
Tenth Air Force. With the fall of Rangoon on this date Indian
26th Division elements occupy the city, the war against the
Japanese in Burma is successfully concluded. Pockets of resistance
remain West of the Irrawaddy and between that river and the
Mandalay Pegu railway. However, during May Army Air Force
operations are reduced drastically due to lack of suitable
air targets and because of the onset of bad weather preceding
the monsoon. Tenth Air Force is withdrawn from combat and
moved back to India
15
May 1945. 1 squadron of P-38 Lightning fighters remains
in Burma to patrol the roads leading into China.
Fourteenth Air Force. 9 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and 6 fighter-bombers attack
truck convoys in Hsiang Valley and near Paoching, Changsha,
and Hengyang, and pound railroad targets of opportunity and
bridges in Taiku, Singtai, and Linfen areas. 90 fighter-bombers
attack troops, town areas, ammunition dumps, river shipping
and other targets over wide areas of South and East China.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). Saigon is bombed by United States
Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, which
greatly damage a boatyard and oil storage areas. On Luzon
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers and P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers
pound Ipo area while A-20 Havoc light bombers and fighters
support ground forces. B-25 Mitchell medium bombers continue
support of ground forces on Tarakan and, with B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers, carry out small raids against number out targets
on Borneo and Celebes. Manggar airfield is heavily hit by
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers. P-38 Lightning fighters and
Navy aeroplanes hit warehouses in Brunei Bay area.
Twentieth Air Force. 68 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber's bomb airfields at Tachiarai,
Miyazaki, Miyakonojo, Kanoya (2), and Kokubu. 88 other B-29
Superfortress heavy bomber's mine Shimonoseki Strait and Inland
Sea. 10 fighters are claimed destroyed by B-29 Superfortress
heavy bomber's on the Tachiarai mission.
Seventh Air Force. 10 Guam based 1,324's United States Army
Air Force (USAAF) bomb airfields and targets on several islands
of Truk Atoll. During 3-
4
May 1945, 8 more separately strike Param, Eten, Moen, and
Truk airfields.
Z43
Destroyer
Scuttled 3 May 1945
Emden
Light cruiser
Scuttled 3 May 1945
Admiral
Hipper Heavy cruiser
Scuttled 3 May 1945
T8
Torpedo boat
Sunk 3 May 1945
T9
Torpedo boat
Sunk 3 May 1945
F3
Escort
Sunk 3 May 1945
Cap
Arcona Troop ship
Sunk 3 May 1945
Deutschland
Troop ship
Sunk 3 May 1945
R309
R-boat
Is transferred to Sogne.
M14
Minesweeper
Sunk 3 May 1945
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May
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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